**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, DEC. 7** FILE - This Nov. 18, 2009 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., pausing during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid is a supporter of a federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s that has morphed into a sprawling entitlement. Reid called the timber program a personal priority that supports "the lifeblood of communities all across America, and particularly in the West." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Poll: Reid's favorability hasn't risen

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• December 5, 2009